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face-dents in my walls

they were the enemies of our souls in kindergarten
"step on a crack, break your mother's back!"
then all of a sudden people were slipping through them
the broken places seemed to swallow some of them whole

but what if you have gone there by choice?
what if i raced to the bottom to catch as many as possible
before they were broken?
is there a difference between "falling through"
and being there by choice?

i have lost friends at the top
"if you choose to be with them ... "
a men's group told me that i made them afraid of believing
it costs too much they said

i could roam from group to group looking for approval
there are those who WANT to approve
but i would be stopped
because some want to disapprove

there is no substitute for being pleased with who you are
to come home to your own joyful conscience
to know that none of the other seven billion
is more pleased to be who they are than you are

my decisions may lack wisdom sometimes
my choices are at least stupid, maybe blind
but i like the motives in my mirror
i am completely pleased with who i am
my life is not a tragedy
it is a treasure